Totoro no Tonari in Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown

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Fans of Studio Ghibli will be familiar with "Totoro," the gentle forest spirit from the 1988 animation, "Tonari no Totoro" (となりのトトロ), or "My Neighbour Totoro" in English.

Well, I was strolling through Nagasaki's Shinchi Chinatown on Sunday morning when I came across a shop-full of totoros! It's a Ghibli-themed gift shop called "Renka".

Here I am, in the photo, standing next to totoro.

"Here I am, Standing next to Totoro" can be translated into Japanese as:

トトロの隣に私が立っています。
Totoro no tonari ni watashi ga tatte-imasu.

And "Totoro no tonari" is a nice reversal of the film title, "Tonari no Totoro"! 🤗

Why am I standing there with an open umbrella on a bright sunny morning? Remember the scene where Satsuki offers Totoro an umbrella while they are waiting at a bus stop in the rain?

https://www.ghibli.jp/works/totoro/

Cheers!

David Hurley
#InspiredFocus


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I love shops that are so strikingly decorated!

This one certainly made me smile!

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